2017 somehow turned out to be the best year ever for lesbian and bisexual women on television — but we’ve still got a ways to go.

CBS already canceled Doubt, but the full first season is airing this summer and it’s breaking major ground for trans representation.

Of all foods: french fries. Of all underthings: boybriefs. . Of all girls: Shane. Of all cheekbones: Tasha’s. Of all L Word writers: Angela Robinson. Of all cities: New York City. Of all songs: “Just Like Heaven,” by the Cure. It’s just … such a perfect song, and the last song I ever expected to hear during an L Word sex scene!

Despite the fact that angus is a lying low-down nanny-fucking motherfucker, GIRLS ACTUALLY HAVE SEX THIS EPISODE. Even Kit and Papi. Ew, we know.

Musician Julia Nunes on her kickstarter, her new album, her relationship with Dannielle Owens-Reid and that time she almost fell into the toilet before opening for Ben Folds.

Here’s what you do first: Close all those browser tabs besides this one, set aside all your other devices, and watch as I lay out these simple techniques to help you learn to rule the world (in easy-to-digest list form).

Hey remember that time Brittani Nichols got her lesbian TV show produced? IT’S ONLY THE MOST EXCITING THING TO EVER HAPPEN.

“And every time she has sex with a man, she is ass naked. Literally. I have seen her ass now twice. My problem isn’t her being ass naked. She has straight sex and is naked, but this other character has gay sex and both of them — bras on, underwear on.”

Singing and dancing and Neil Patrick Harris and drag queens and all the gay your teevee can handle!

Jess chats with the genderqueer star of Eve Ensler’s new play, Emotional Creature: talented dancer, singer and actor, Emily Grosland.

“With all due respect that is a bunch of malarkey.”

What’s happening this week on the l word? Jane Lynch is naked, Max is pregs, Dylan is back, and Shane and Jenny are making out. oy vey.

The Real L Word’s Kelsey Chavarria chats about love, loss and what she wears. Also, an original poem and an exclusive first look at her latest photoshoot!

Talk about NOT ending with a bang. Really IFC, it’s one thing to weigh down your show’s sixth season with an endless parade of unnecessary melodramatic plot devices — a murder, a pregnant man, a stolen film, a botched adoption from homophobic out-of-towners, two out-of-the-blue love triangles — and quite another thing to, when the season ends, not even “use” these devices to infuse the series finale with aforementioned melodrama.

Who walks away engaged? Who is going no contact with their trial partners? Who is breaking up?

Two dykes break down the baffling heterosexuality (and plot choices) in Celine Song’s second film, Materialists.

Threequels never play it safe. I used to, until I didn’t.

In today’s A+ advice box: is a miscommunication over polyamory really the issue here or is your relationship simply broken and toxic? Plus; advice about feeling insecure when texting a partner and getting into being handy!

Reporting daily with queer movie reviews from one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals.

There were a few months where my mother, who lives back in Bangladesh, stopped talking to me after stumbling across some essays I’d written about my queerness. This confusing and heartbreaking time was when I truly understood the value of having a queer chosen family and support system.